2019/Res05 Extend [Dorothea's] contract for 6 months

Proposal to extend the contract for 6 months, until 31st August, in unchanged form (see attachment to previous contract extension discussion for the full contract). We can still modify it before its expiry time if we decide on something at the F2F

to look at the ten most active mailing lists and see if people listed as admins are active in the moderator role, what is in place, and how they manage the lists. # 2018-05-24 Mikel drafted email and both agreed on some modifications.

Action item updates

GlobalLogic

Crimea decision

Nov 17: Board of Directors received a request to review the Nov 14 DWG decision.

Nov - Dec: DWG members and Board received messages criticising the Nov 14 DWG decision Some messages are addressed at individuals.

Dec 04+: The board decided that the DWG decision about Crimea is to be reversed and that the previous DWG resolution on Crimea is to remain in force. Board works on a draft statement. Initial draft from Martijn (previous Secretary).

Paul, Frederik and Peter (DWG members)chose to abstain from that decision. This was not because of Conflict of Interest (CoI), as there's no CoI involved between OSMF duties on a Working Group and OSMF duties on the board, but because it removes one potential criticism from the process.

Brexit

Background

The United Kingdom might exit the European Union without any kind of agreement in March. This would directly affect the way our licence works as we do assume that we have database rights in our data, and not having these recognized in the EU would be problematic. The Licensing Working Group has suggested a couple of potential ways around this, for example establishing a OSMF subsidiary in the EU to publish the data. We need to explore if such solutions could actually work, in particular work in the context of the Contributor Terms.

Advisory Board - monthly update

The Advisory Board members are separate from the OSMF board of directors - individuals are either nominated by Corporate Members of the OSMF or invited directly by the OSMF board of directors. The OSMF Board of Directors will publicly minute, in the board meeting minutes, any communication sent to, or received from, the AB members. This monthly section is reserved for this purpose. Overview.